5th Grade Science Vocabulary Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

a representation of several overlapping food chains in an ecosystem; includes the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers through multiple pathways

food web

all of the living and nonliving components that interact in the same geographic area

ecosystem

living components of the environment that affect the ecosystem or other living things in the environment

biotic factors

nonliving elements of the environment that influence the way that organisms and ecosystems function

abiotic factors

a part or group of parts of an organism

structure

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals

species

something an organism learns to do as they interact in their world

learned behavior

a characteristic that is passed from the parent to offspring

inherited trait

what something is used for; purpose

function

the surroundings or conditions in which an organism must survive

environment

rock that forms when sediments are compacted and cemented together

process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces

weathering

the movement of weathered material by wind, water, or ice

erosion

process by which sediment is deposited in a new location

deposition

process by which pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments

compaction

process of binding and hardening of sediments into hard rock

cementation

the condition of the atmosphere at a place for a short period of time, including humidity, cloud cover, temperature, wind, and precipitation

weather

the change of water from one state to another as it moves between Earth’s surfaces to the atmosphere

water cycle

the dark shape made when something blocks light from a light source

shadow

the spinning of a planet or moon on its axis

rotation

imaginary line about which an object rotates

axis

change in direction of a wave as it moves from one medium to another

refraction

a wave behavior in which waves strike an object and bounce back off

reflection

a form of energy which our eyes can detect

light energy

light energy taken in by an object

absorbed

the path through which electricity can flow

circuit

forces that are acting on an object in different directions and are not the same strength; result in a change in position, direction, or motion

unequal forces

a push or pull that can change the position or motion of an object/material

force

two or more forces that act on an object in different directions with the same size strength; result in no change in position, direction, or motion

equal forces

the force that pulls objects toward each other

gravity

a force that acts in the opposite direction to movement

friction

a combination of two or more substances that can be separated in some physical way

mixture

the amount of space that a substance or object takes up

volume

the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

solubility

a state of matter in which the substance has a set shape and size

solid

the ability of a material (not an object) to sink or float in water

relative density

a state of matter in which the substance takes the shape of the container and has an unchanged volume when poured from one container to another

liquid

a substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily

insulator

a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and volume of its container

gas

a substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily

conductor